Can We Hear the Sounds of Quantum Superpositions?
Keywords:
quantum mechanics, superposition, sound, Schrödinger’s catAbstract
In this article I explore the possibility of being able to hear the sound of a quantum superposition of two sounds. What would it mean and is it feasible to explore performing an experiment that would allow us to test this notion?
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